BRANDON, FL – Brandon Regional Hospital, a 367-bed acute care facility in Brandon,Fla., has implemented a robotic radiosurgery system to improve care forcancer patients.
The hospital installed the CyberKnife System, which is developed by Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Accuray, Inc.
The installation at Brandon Regional Hospital is the 100th CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system installation in the country.
"Our installation ... shows the progress we're making in expanding patient access to the benefits of radiosurgery," said Euan S. Thomson, PhD, president and CEO of Accuray. "It is our continued goal to make radiosurgery an option that is available and accessible to cancer patients around the world, and achievement of this national milestone means we're one step closer to that goal."
The technology is designed to treat tumors anywhere in the body non-invasively. It uses continual image guidance technology and computer controlled robotic mobility to automatically track, detect and correct for tumor and patient movement in real-time throughout the treatment, which enables the system to deliver high-dose radiation with pinpoint precision.
Earlier this month Accuray officials announced they had installed 150 CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery systems worldwide.
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